"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, anecdotes and factual descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was published from 1897-1907 under the various titles, "Birds," "Birds and all Nature," "Nature and Art" and "Birds and Nature." - Summary by J. M. Smallheer

How to claim a part, and "how it all works" here To find a section to record, simply look at point 5. below at the sections. All the ones without names beside them are "up for grabs." Click "Post reply" at the top left of the screen and tell us which section you would like to read (include the section number from the left-most column in the reader list, please). Read points 6. to 8. below for what to do before, during and after your recording.

Is there a deadline? For this project, we ask that you submit your recorded sections within 1 month of placing your claim.Please note that to be fair to the readers who have completed their sections in a timely way, if you haven't submitted your recording(s) after one month, your sections may be automatically be re-opened for other readers to claim, unless you post in this thread to request an extension. Extensions will be granted at the discretion of the Book Coordinator. If you cannot do your section, for whatever reason, just let me know, and it'll go back to the pool. There's no shame in this; we're all volunteers and things happen. Please do not sign up for more sections than you can complete within the one month deadline.

Please claim sections (the numbers in the first column below)! If this is your first recording, please let me know under which name or pseudonym you'd like to appear in the LibriVox catalogue. We can also link to a personal website/blog.
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DURING recording:No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!Make sure you add the appropriate intro to the beginning of your recording:For all sections over 800 words, please use the standard intro/outro as follows: START of recording (Intro)

"Section [number] of Birds and Nature, Volume 11, No 4, April 1902. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"

If you read the last section, say (in addition):"End of Birds and Nature, Volume 11, No 4, April 1902 "

For poems and prose sections less than 800 words, you may use the short disclaimer that we typically use for poems.START of recording (Intro)

["Section [number] of Birds and Nature, Volume 11, No 4, April 1902. Recorded for LibriVox.org by [your name]" (If you do not wish to say your name in the recording, you can just say "Recorded for LibriVox.org")

Say: "[Title of Section]"

END of recording

At the end of the section, say: "End of Section [number]. This recording is in the public domain"

If you read the last section, say (in addition):"End of Birds and Nature, Volume 11, No 4, April 1902"

There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.

Please remember to check this thread frequently for updates!

AFTER recordingNeed noise-cleaning?
Listen to your file through headphones. If you can hear some constant background noise (hiss/buzz), you may want to clean it up a bit. The latest versions of Audacity are recommended for noise-cleaning. See this LibriVox wiki page for a complete guide. Save files as
128 kbps MP3
birdsandnatureapr1902_##_various_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. birdsandnatureapr1902_01_various_128kb.mp3)

(NOTE: Do not add ID3 tags. These will be added automatically during cataloging)

Transfer of files (completed recordings) Please always post in this forum thread when you've sent a file. Also, post the length of the recording (file duration: mm:ss) together with the link.